Tarot: My Imaginary Deck: Prehistoric Animals

If I designed a Tarot deck ….notes on my imagined Tarot deck.

General

Subject: Prehistory

Shape: Round for shades of meaning

Colors: Bright, attractive

Majors:

Fool (0): First land animal, Hynerpeton (proto-salamander)

Empress (III): Lucy (Australopithecus, early human)

Emperor (IV): Tyrannosaurus Rex (dinosaur)

Death (XIII): Utahraptor (dinosaur)

Tower (XIV):  Asteroid hitting the earth

Minor Suits:

Fire (Wands): Represented by a flame.  Depictions of dinosaurs and reptiles

Air (Swords): Represented by a cloud.  Depictions of flying animals, birds, and insects

10 of Air: Gastornis (a terror bird)

Earth (Pentacles): Represented by a mountain. Depictions of mammals

4 of Earth: Doedicurus (giant armadillo)

Water (Cups): Represented by a water drop.  Depictions of water animals and salamanders